Gifted

Chapter XX: Gone

-JASON?!, I say, screaming at his doorstep.

His mother answers the door. she lets me in without a word, and I run to his room.

I knock on his door very fast for a while, and he finally answers.

-What, Ash? Who let you in?

-Your mom did, and we need to talk. Please.

He opens the door more, I walk in, and start pacing around the room.

-What happened? Why are you so scared?, he asks, generally confused.

-Ashton is gone. Didn't come out of his room since he got home. I went in his room, and nothing moved. He wasn't there and I didn't see anything but-.

-What?

Jason lays down on his bed, and he seems so freaked out. Or worried.

-Collins got him. He got him.

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*JASON'S POV*

This is very, very, very, VERY BAD.

It's been just a room full of fear and worry for a long time now.

-What are we gonna do, Jason? Can you tell me that?

-I.. I..

I don't even know. I'm still not sure if she's ready. Carter has been training his powers for centuries.

Then there's Ash.

Okay, here's a little flashback for his and my life story,:

We were almost brothers as kids. We trained together, hung out together. We learned our destinies as a team.

Of course, I found my powers, teleportation, super-speed and the weird thing where I can sense things others can't. Then there was him: He got the power of the elements. Much like a bender, he can control them, but with a twist. He doesn't just control them, he can become them and create them from thin air.

He's not safe. He's gone insane-.. You can hear me, can't you Ash?

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*ASH'S POV*

-Yep. You forgot again.

He chuckled, snapping out of his daze.

-Yeah. So, anyways, you heard what I said, and he's not sane.

-Since I guess now is the right time to ask, but what's with the everlasting rivalry between you guys, still?

-Wow, it's been a few months since that question came up. Well..

Wait.

-Wait, Ash. We got off subject. Who's the first person in mind when you go through your memories?, I ask.

-My mom. I haven't seen her in years. Why?

-Collins could easily get her, she's vulnerable. Where does she live?

-Uhhh.. Somewhere in California, I think.

-That's great! Off to California we go, then! What's her address?

Silence.

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*MYLES'S POV*

'I should pay a visit to them, it's been so long!', I think to myself as I set up to leave.

After a few minutes, I finally arrive. I wish that I could actually drive this thing like a normal car sometimes, but it doesn't work that way.

I knock on the door to Ashlee's house.

-Hello, is Ash there?, I ask her step-mother, who answered the door. Weird, Ashton usually answers.

-No, she went to Jason's for some weird reason. Maybe you should check there.

-Okay, thank you. Goodbye!, I say as I run off.